Prasanna Gunasena

Dr. Prasanna Gunasena ප්‍රසන්න ගුණසේන
Surgeon
Personal details
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Education	Nalanda College, Colombo
Occupation	Neurosurgeon
Profession	Doctor
Known for	First Sri Lankan Neurosurgeon to perform Balloon Kyphoplasty Chairman of State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC)

Dr Prasanna Gunasena is a consultant neurosurgeon. As a doctor, he is attached to Lanka Hospitals in Sri Lanka, also the Chairman of State Pharmaceutical Company (SPC) of Sri Lanka. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Gunasena was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. He holds MBBS, MS Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and also a Spinal Fellow (Canada). ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Career

He holds the honour of performing the surgery for cervical disc prolapse of the spine and replacement with functional discs for the first time in Sri Lanka.^{[ citation needed ]} Gunasena is the first Sri Lankan Neurosurgeon to perform Balloon Kyphoplasty surgery for spinal code fractures. ^[7]

Gunasena was a founding member of the Neurosurgeons Association of Sri Lanka (NSASL).^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. SPC Team
2. Request not to leave home
3. Nalanda Junior Old Boys Association Office Bearers
4. Nalanda OBA
5. Nalanda College OBA office bearers
6. Social Fitness Session for Coaching Staff at Nalanda College
7. Ground breaking spinal surgery performed in Colombo

External links

• Rs 23 b due to pharma firms to be settled soon
• "History of NSASL". NEUROSURGEONS ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

• "Updates on Neuro Intensive Care". SSCCEM. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

• "Diagnosis- cervical myeloradiculopathy". Premier Lanka. 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

• "Education overload". Sunday Times. October 3, 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

• "Today's complicated education system creates misfits in society". Sunday Times. February 27, 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

• "on the way to recovery..." www.priyankat.com. 11 Jun 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

• "Annual Sports Awards Ceremony 2011". Musaeus College. 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

• "Ranjith Jayasundera elected president of Nalanda OBA". Daily Mirror. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.

• "Cervical Disc Replacement". London Spine Clinic Unit. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.